ACC: Chemical production slips in April

3:11 PM MDT | June 12, 2013 | Lindsay Frost

ACC says the US Chemical Production Regional Index slipped 0.1% in April, following a downward revision of 0.5% in March. On a 3-month moving average basis, manufacturing output gained 0.1% in April, following a similar gain in March. Overall chemical production was mixed: Gains in the output of adhesives, coatings, chlor-alkali, consumer products, other specialties, and synthetic rubber were offset by lower production of organic chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, industrial gases, man-made fibers, plastic resins, fertilizers, and synthetic dyes and...